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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'When I was living in Sallie's home one of the male boarders who called himself a Socialist showed me some articles in a Sunday paper written by Robert Blatchford, "Nunqu...Hannah Mitchell Robert BlatchfordNunquamPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Later on, when Blatchford and his friends, A. M. Thompson, E. F. Fay and Montague Blatchford founded the Socialist weekly "The Clarion", I began to read it and became de...Hannah Mitchell [n/a]The ClarionPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'In the evening read for some time with Harry, he manages Shakespeare tolerably well for a boy of his age'John Buckley and Harry CastieauWilliam Shakespeare[unknown]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Suddenly, he gave a sort of cry, and read out the opening sentences from the "Times" announcing a battle in the valley of the Alma...both he and my mother seemed deeply ...Philip Gosse [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'...the inside of the lid of it was lined with sheets of what I now know to have been a sensational novel. It was of course a fragment, but I read it, kneeling on the bar...Edmund Gosse [unknown][sensational novel]Print: Book
1850-1899'And with that, dismissing the subject, I dived again into the unplumbed depths of the "Penny Cyclopaedia"'.Edmund Gosse Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge The Penny CyclopaediaPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I read the Bible everyday, and at much length; also, -with what I cannot but think some praiseworthy patience, - a book of incommunicable dreariness, called Newton's "Th...Edmund Gosse [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'I read the Bible everyday, and at much length; also, - with what I cannot but think some praiseworthy patience, - a book of incommunicable dreariness, called Newton's "T...Edmund Gosse Benjamin Wills NewtonThoughts on the ApocalypsePrint: Book
1850-1899'I came across a piece of verse which exercised a lasting influence on my taste. It was called "The Cameronian's Dream" and it had been written by a certain James Hyslop....Edmund Gosse James HyslopThe Cameronian's DreamPrint: Book
1850-1899'There was, for instance, a writer on prophecy called Jukes, of whose works each of my parents was inordinately fond, and I was early set to read Jukes aloud to them. I d...Edmund Gosse Andrew John JukesThe law of the offerings in LeviticusPrint: Book
1850-1899'Later on, a publication called the "Penny Cyclopaedia" became my daily, and for a long time almost my sole study...'Edmund Gosse Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge The Penny CyclopaediaPrint: Book
1850-1899'After Muster I went to the Club & had a look at the Weekly Papers'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'In the evening I heard Harry read. He could not however get on very well & so I turned him over to his mother & played first "Beggar my neighbour" with Dotty'Harry Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'So in time she was able to read Grimms' "Fairy Tales", "Gulliver's Travels", "The Daisy Chain" and Mrs. Molesworth's "Cuckoo Clock" and "Carrots".'Flora Thompson [Brothers] Grimm[Fairy Tales]Print: Book
1850-1899'So in time she was able to read Grimms' "Fairy Tales", "Gulliver's Travels", "The Daisy Chain" and Mrs. Molesworth's "Cuckoo Clock" and "Carrots".'Flora Thompson Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1850-1899'So in time she was able to read Grimms' "Fairy Tales", "Gulliver's Travels", "The Daisy Chain" and Mrs. Molesworth's "Cuckoo Clock" and "Carrots".'Flora Thompson Joan O'NeillThe Daisy ChainPrint: Book
1850-1899'So in time she was able to read Grimms' "Fairy Tales", "Gulliver's Travels", "The Daisy Chain" and Mrs. Molesworth's "Cuckoo Clock" and "Carrots".'Flora Thompson M.L. MolesworthCuckoo ClockPrint: Book
1850-1899'So in time she was able to read Grimms' "Fairy Tales", "Gulliver's Travels", "The Daisy Chain" and Mrs. Molesworth's "Cuckoo Clock" and "Carrots".'Flora Thompson M.L. MolesworthCarrotsPrint: Book
1850-1899'In her spare time she was a great reader of novelettes and out of her four shillings subscribed to "Bow Bells" and the "Family Herald". Once when Laura, coming home from...Flora Thompson [n/a]Bow BellsPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'In her spare time she was a great reader of novelettes and out of her four shillings subscribed to "Bow Bells" and the "Family Herald". Once when Laura, coming home from...Flora Thompson [n/a]Family HeraldPrint: Serial / periodical


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